AlphaNecron / AsusSMC

A VirtualSMC plugin provides native macOS support for ALS, keyboard backlight and Fn keys on Asus laptops

AsusSMC

A VirtualSMC plugin provides native support for ALS, keyboard backlight and Fn keys for Asus laptops on macOS.

Features

• Full Fn keys support
• Native ALS support
• Native keyboard backlight support (16 levels, smooth transition, auto adjusting, auto turning off)
• Battery Health Charging

Requirements

• Asus laptop with ATK device
• Knowing how to patch DSDT (if not, read this)

Boot arguments

• Add -asussmcdbg to enable debug printing (available in DEBUG binaries).

How to install

• Instruction is available in the Wiki.

Credits

• Apple for macOS
• vit9696 for Lilu and VirtualSMC
• lvs1974 and usr-sse2 for developing ambient light sensor support
• EMlyDinEsHMG for AsusNBFnKeys source code
• Objective-See for kernel-userspace communication
• tekezo for VirtualHIDKeyboard
• williambj1 for testing HID support